We are beyond thrilled to share that Abreu Events (covering our Conferences, M&I, and Leisure segments) has been crowned Best DMC at the Portugal Trade Awards by Publituris at BTL 2025!
Once again, Portugal is surprising us with unique hotel openings across the country. This small country is small but it’s very diverse and has 4 hotel openings for the beginning of 2022.
Barcelona's landmark monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site, Casa Batlló has been recognized as “Best Landmark” at the Remarkable Venue Awards 2021 organized by the ticket platform Tiqets. This award distinguishes the cathedrals, castles, palaces and historical or iconic monuments best values by users.
The city of Valencia hosted the Gala of the Michelin Guide Spain & Portugal 2022. This event happened on December 14th of 2021, at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía presenting the new selection of restaurants distinguished with a star.
Spain is committed to developing and exporting quality and sustainable tourism. Recently, the Spanish Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, assured that they’re investing in "a model that improves the quality of the tourist offer" and sustainability of the sector, along with "good practices" that will be replicated in countries with a presence of Spanish companies. The minister pointed out that important hotel chains "are very clear about respecting the environment, they are reducing plastics in many hotels around the world."
The “Mercado” de San Antón, a unique food market in Chueca neighbourhood, just around the corner from Gran Vía, has completely renewed its image. In recent years, the market management decided to combine traditional food stalls with gourmet gastronomic offers, but the group apart from the concept, visioned a complete re-style, giving to the market a new and avant-garde image. The new and refreshed image of the space seeks to reconcile the classic and modern, mixing more traditional materials such as steel and granite, blending it with neon signs or 3D techniques.
Portugal occupies the second position in the Top 5 best destinations worldwide for wine tourism (tourism around the cultivation, production and tasting of wines).
Just one hour from Bilbao - ideal for a full day excursion - we can find one of the loveliest cities in northern Spain: Santander is located in the Bay of Santander, so its orography is very unique.
The incredible city of Valencia will be the place to be in 2022, apart from being the World Design Capital, the city won the European Capital of Smart Tourism and will be hosting the Michelin Guide Gala for Portugal and Spain 2022, taking place on December 14th of 2021.
In the beginning of the year Portugal was in a tough position with COVID-19 with its health care system on the verge of collapsing, hospitals in the capital, Lisbon, were overflowing and authorities were asking people to treat themselves at home. In the last week of January, Portugal’s mortality rate nearly reached 2,000 people, as the virus spread.